Circle of Geese

I've been a long time admirer of foundation piecing, but never tried it - that is, until yesterday.

I had Sarah Fielke's book, a paper pattern, a tonne of scraps and You Tube. I was set!

I watched a few videos to start with (there are soooooo many available). Then I got to it. It wasn't too hard, just fiddly. My seam ripper had a major work out too.

I sat watching The Proposal (love Ryan Reynolds), last night with my tweezers, picking out the little bits of paper.

Before I knew it all the paper was out.

I've now basted it, ready for some hand quilting.

I admit the scraps I've used aren't very pretty, but hey, for a first attempt, I'm pleased.

I'll post a better picture when it's all quilted and bound. Perhaps I'll even manage a day light photo with my real camera. The iPhone at around 11pm isn't the greatest.

Have you foundation pieced before? Do you enjoy it?

23 comments

  1. the circle looks great..........i've got foundation piecing on my list to do list for this year.........

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  2. Great job. No I haven't tried it yet. It is on my list for this year.

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  3. Looks good and it is also on my to do list for this year

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  4. I love foundation piecing and I really NEED to try this block. So cool!

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  5. The circle is so pretty! I love your color choices.
    I have done foundation piecing and enjoy it every time I do it. I keep telling myself that I will do an entire quilt with it, but haven't yet.

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  6. I love that block... on my list.... I have done only a little foundation piecing... just little things...
    Hugz

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  7. I love your flying geese. I finally gave foundation piecing a try about 2 weeks ago and I really love how precise the blocks turn out. I'm definitely a convert and hope to do a lot more paper piecing soon. Not the whole quilt, though. That would definitely kill me. I can only take it in small dozes.

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  8. isn't it fun?? I did 7 geese in a ring for a swap.
    just finished a different quilt top that was sort of a kaleidoscope block, all foundation pieced- designed in EQ. it's a small quilt so only 16 blocks
    I love it, just had to remember to do tiny stitches then the paper comes right off.
    I have another flower quilt where every other block is foundation pieced and I did not stitch with a small stitch, the paper is taking forever to remove....

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  9. It looks fab, A! You should be really pleased with it! Hand quilting will be lovely too. D x

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  10. I love foundation piecing! It satisfies my obsession for perfect points, and it's also a great way to assure that all your finished blocks will be the same size.

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  11. You know, paper piecing is a technique I have even taught, but I haven't done it for quite awhile. I think I have become overwhelmed by all the stunningly detailed blocks out there. I must get back to it, because it is fun. Thanks for the reminder and for asking the question. Hugs!

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  12. I love your block and the colours...is foundation piecing the same as paper piecing? This probably is a very stupid question..lol
    If so; I have done it once...I don't mind it, but find it tedious...nice points though

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  13. I think it looks great - happy and colourful.

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  14. Your block looks great!!! I love foundation piecing.
    my favourite is New York Beauty....

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  15. I cannot believe that is your first attempt. It is beautiful. Well Done and amazing effort. I have yet to try paper piecing, it looks too fiddly and complicated for me.

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  16. Your block looks great. I do enjoy f/piecing .It gives the blocks nice crispness.

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  17. great block. I made "Nearly Insane" quilt ( 6.5 in squares , 96 in total) using foundation piecing. The only way I could do the small blocks. Good fun though and I LOVE the quilt

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  18. I love foundation piecing!
    I guess the worst part is pulling off the paper, sometimes it is easier to do parts of it as you sew the block together.

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  19. I've never tried foundation piecing but I'm thinking of giving it a try. Love your circle of geese...TFS!
    ~Terry~

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  20. I did the circle of geese block for my first paper piecing, too! Isn't it fun? I really really liked it. One thing...Before I did the blocks, I ran all the pieces through my sewing machine set with the stitches down to 1.6 so the holes were close together, and sewed over every line. It took a little longer, but not nearly as long as picking paper out with a tweezers would have, lol. I was able to just pull it away from the seams with no pieces left behind. Try it next time :)

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  21. It looks amazing - you should be so proud of yourself!! (I'm set to watch youtube to learn how to applique sometime this week). I'd like to try foundation piecing also. Happy Stitching, Susie

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  22. Love that block! (Oh, Love The Proposal, too!!!)

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  23. I love the accuracy of foundation pieceing. It can be addictive :)

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